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Wichita eagle., 1887-10-02
AN EXCEPTIONAL CASE.

Judging from the tone of letter from
ex-GoV. j. M. Harvey published In the
Newton Republican yesterday, 1t appears
that staid old Richmond, the capital of the
Southern Confederacy, after q sleep of
twenty years is awaking and taking on
something Of boom. The governor talks
about new manufacturing enterprises,
boulevards, building operations, ETC., in
truly western style. The infusion of some
of the ideas of the New West with its spirit
of progression and development into any
of the old communities of the east and
south that are not hopelessly fossilized will
work wonders; but the wonder to us Is that
any one should leave such country as
Kansas where everybody and everything Is
swimming on the flood tide of exuberant
success, and go back to a country
and towns where everything was regarded
as finished half century ago, since which
time the tendency has been towards retro.
erosion, and where ever so much time
must unaVoidably be lost getting the
wheels out Of the ruts and the machine In
running order. 1t is almost like the super
human undertaking Of resurrecting dead
body and by injecting breath into the nos
trils and blood to the arteries restore II to
life and activity. Governor Harvey's case
Is rarely exceptional one of person 20
Ing east to hunt business location.
Wichita eagle., 1887-10-02

1t appears from Dun's trade review as
published yesterday, that the present lack
Of available funds is attributable rather to
the swelling volume Of business than to the
absorption Of capital in new enterprises
and speculation This, with the large ex-
cess of the outgo over the income Of cash
in the national treasury, has added to the
hopeful feeling TO which the apprehension
Of fortnight ago has given way and It is
most gratifying to note the encouraging
outlook that now seems perceptible in al
departments Of mercantile business.
Manufacturers interviewed BY Brads.reet's,
say they have found no trouble In their
line Of business from the stFingency. Trade
Is good and collections as easy as usual
Railroad earnings are still large and show
for those companies and activity
Ia commercial circles generally. The New
York bank statement shows e gain Of
s 500 900 In surplus reserve
Wichita eagle., 1887-10-02

Tho great international yacht race be-
tween the Volunteer and Thistle Friday,
from which the Volunteer came out an easy
winner, is gratifying to us all, inasmuch
as the victor re aims the prize, the cup, on
this side, where 1t has been held for more
than twenty years. 1t also demonstrates
the superiority Of the Yankee over the
Scotch plan of modelling snd constructing
seagoing craft In point Of speed and ease
of handling. In thee days Of rapid
transit the question Of time required 10
compass the distance between given points,
where there Is more than one means Of
conveyance, has much TO do with determin.
ing the route to be taken. a difference Of
ten minutes In race Of fifty miles, made
under conditions which gave neither the
advantage as to course or weather, Is
enough TO constitute the victory q signal
one TO the winner. The Scotchman win
have 20 improve upon his plans for build
ing speedy vessels before he can capture
the coveted prize. Meanwhile the invent
i've Yankee will not be idle
Wichita eagle., 1887-10-02
BOsTON'S BOSS.

Boston has just developed political boss
who bids fair to rival New York's famous
boss, John Kelly, in his palmiest days.
His name is no travesty upon his preten-
sions, but Is of itself indisputable evidence
that he possesses the quality of sticktoitive
ness so essential to success to one of his
ambition Patrick Mcguire is now denom-
mated the hero of the recent Massachusetts,
Democratic state convention. He led the
Boston Democracy, and the Boston Democ
racy had fully its wey. Mr.. Mcguire
compelled both the president Of the con-
vention and the committee on resolutions
to make terms with him. He had the con-
vention well on bis side also. He has sue
ceeded in putting the Democracy of the
state at last where he has long
had the democracy of the city. All that
the postoffice and the Custom house have
done In the other direction has been brought
to naught by Mr.. Mcguire. He was In
better mood last year, and acquiesced In
the nomination of Mr.. John F. Andrews
In fact, he is complacent In the belief that
he can't be defeated In party control He
even measures himself against General
Butler himself, and he had the temerity TO
declare in speech just before the conven-
ton separated, that, having defeated Gen.
eral Butler and General Martin 0he latter a
recent mayor of Boston,, both soldiers of
third soldier in General Corse. So you see
the hero of Altoona is to follow the hero of
New Orleans, and to undergo the scalping
process at Mr.. Maguire's hands Men
never know what is In store for them, or
how ignominious their end may be In poll |
les nowadays.
Wichita eagle., 1887-10-02

The recent discussion-and It has not yet
subsidized, fully-of the Baconian theory Of
the authorship of Shakespeare's plays dis
closed any number of persons who consider
themselves competent to debate the subject;
more, indeed tnan there are copies Of the
book containing them. There is just one
other person, however, who has not yet
been heard from and who doubtless knows
as much about the disputed question as
Mr.. Donnally, even. We refer to form
er partner Of Judge Jerre Black who was
urged by the judge TO read Shakespeare
How do you like it, William" asked the
judge when his young friend brought back
the book. "Why, Jedge. some of them
plays amt bad" a contribution from
William would no doubt aid greatly in
settling the controversy.
Wichita eagle., 1887-10-02
WICHITA'S WAY.
Her Business More Than Doubled Within
Year.

The measure, the only known mode fol-
accurately estimating the business of any
country and that of the.comparative status
of cities is by the reports of the bank
clearing houses This guage however Is
an unjust one in some instances. Still
every city of commercial pretensions suf-
fcient to be of national importance must
submit &c the infexible rule of the clearing
house returns Wichita for the week end
ing September 80 will probably lead in IL
crease, twice over, all the cities Of the
United States, the increase being ia per
cent over the same week last
year 1t will not seem possible that
. city could more than double its legitimate
business inside of twelve months, yet
Wichita has done this. Our people know.it
and from the clearing house reports the
world will be forced to see and acknowl-
edge the fact. While the rate of her in
crease of business is simply astonishing, 1t
ino more re- id than that of her growth and
expansion In all other directions. The fol
lowing figures are furnished by the WITCH
ia Bank Clearing House. which, as they
appeared yesterday morning in all the
leading daily papers Of the country, must
have astonished business circles every
uhpra.
Wichita eagle., 1887-10-02
CATCHES THE IDEA,

Small towns near Wichita have larnente.
somewhat bitterly during the past year. tn
| general centering of interest in that CITY {,
| their present detriment, yet there have beer
| wise heads In all of these towns who hav
been able 10 see that the growth and pros
perlty OF Wichita meant a future for then
also; that In her prosperity lay their hop.
OF ever becoming more than villages
Clustering in the suburbs Of all the grea
cities Ike Chicago, St Louis, Cincinnati
New York and Philadelphia. are numerous
cities of from 5000 to so 600 people. They
were once villages Of few hundred. and
| occupied the same relation to these cities
that made them, as the towns of Clear
water, Valley Center, Sedgwick and Con
way Springs now bear TO Wichita With
out Wfchitas growth and prosperity
they can only remain villages. With il
one of the principal cities In the United
States, which it is rapidly becoming, they
will feel its influence to their advantage and
their business pulse will throb with every
respiration of the great city to which they
are tributary and of which they will be In
reality part and portion, As soon as WITCH
ita has 100 900 people, which will be In less
than two years from this date, 1t will mean
something to live or own property within
fifty miles of her center.
The foregoing from the Conway Springs
Star Is true beyond controversy. The
EAGLE has for years, in season and out of
season, striven to impress that idea upon
the people of this section of the New West
and 1t is gratifying to at last see that our
logic and reasoning is finding lodgment
among the intelligent people of the COM
munity. As the Star says and as the EAGLE
has said thousand times over, Wichita 8
growth and prosperity means the develop
ment and prosperity of the towns and coun
try, not for fifty, but for radius of 500
mills. The reasons for this are too patent
TO need amplyfyiDg here The great
Southwest, needs, must have, will have,
has, central trade metropolis: Wichita
holds that position and Is now SO recog
nized. Antsgonizing her interests, which
are but common to the territory tributary 20
1t in large measure, by would be rival
towns cannot now do Wicnits much
harm, neither can such short sighted policy
benefit any who may pursue it. The wiser
course is the one adopted by our shrewd,
wide awake neighbor, Conway Springs,
who sees that her own interests can be
best subserved by encouraging and In every
way assisting In building UP her natural
mart. We commend it for general adop.
ton
Wichita eagle., 1887-10-02

An Omaha Clergyman announced In the
city papers last Sunday morning that his
oiscourse 81 II O'Clock a m would tie Of
special interest to travelling men At the
appointed hour the pews were well filed
with Knights Of the Grip" From the
sermon we extract the following paragraph
and commend Il 10 the boys Of Kansas:
Find your way to the church on Sab
bath morning. You may be stranger in
the city, bat you will md your mothers
bible ard your mothers God In iha. church.
Get 81 the good you can out Of the sermon.
And counsel you. above al. 20 give your
self 20 God Then when you have sold
your last bill Of goods aud made your l2s,
tip. you viii not be disnayei when the
head OF the great house calls 70. your
final settlement"
Wichita eagle., 1887-10-02

will be Interpreted by the careful observe,
In the light of delicate reluctance to pre-
cipitate competition between the ford
glories of the presiding genius Of the sane
ium and a warmer environment of color.
The visitor, encouraged by seductive
smile from the beneficiary of all this lux.
ury, advances while his foot sinks into q
rich carpet from the looms Of Wilton. He
| finds himself confronted on ell hands by
his own image rejecting from mirrors ex-
tending from the floor TO the ceiling. The
eye seeks the walls. Here q Moran por-
| trays the sweeping desolsiion Of the angry
heavens and the melancholy waste of q
sullen sea. There gem from Hunt reveals
dlllcious vision Of cool, blue skies. Of
enchanting verdure, and all that Is sweet
and tranquil in nature. A French court
scene, instinct with sensuous life, opposes
chaste Milet. breathing spirit Of holy
severity and ineffable peace 4 Nubian
princess in barbaric ornaments of pearl and
gold contrasts her oriental charms with the
sylvan grace of pretty Dresden shepherd
ess. Here is the bust of statesman.
There an ideal head by King
calls up a dream of fair women
Throughout all the ages from the
days of Helen of Troy down to
the hour Of the latest triumph of the reign
ing beauty Of whom the chivalry of WITCH
tia delight to pay homage. There are
bronzes from Munich; marbles from Rome;
unique potteries from the last of the Mon
teZumas. Sumptuous couches solicit to
repose and invite their possessor to knit
up tie raveled sleeve of care" or slumber.
Who would dream that the phantom of
discomfort might sit as guest at the feast
OF beauty? Why should breeding melan-
choly seek an entrance to such favored pre-
cincts? And yet, the canker of unrest is
there In the costly cabinet that graces
the apartment there turks skeleton. The
office boy has seen it and In burst of con-
fidence superinduced by crafty offering
by your correspondent Of toothsome gubers |
and fragrant ''fwo-fofs" he revealed to me |
the story of his chiefs woes, and how, |
when all of the gay and careless throng at |
Wichita are chasing their favorite phantom, |
the author and finisher Of the whole colos |
sal scheme pours forth his plant in the
eloquence of woe:
what availeth me all this so long as
Wichita Is the envied and hated of the state
which robs her of the right |
Of seif-government and harnesses her with
plant tools and an anti Republican com.
Wichita eagle., 1887-10-02

The commission appointed to investigate
the relations of the Pacific railroads to the
government, went out TO Californis to
conduct their rigorous snd searching
inquiry, and wound up by borrowing
$4,000 from the Union Pacific railroad
ITSELF These excellent gentlemen may
have the highest character obtainable In the
way of integrity, but they are too good and
gulleless to live In this wicked world. 4
more astonishing exhibit of stupidity has
not been furnished lately. Their thousands
of pages Of reports are supe,iuous. The
public have sized up the document by sizing
up the authors. They may go on, SIS they
will, no doubt, and make voluminous
report of their Investigations TO congress,
but as far as the public estimate of its value
Is concerned ii will be time and labor
wasted.
Wichita eagle., 1887-10-02
THE Way WICHITA WILL sPsEAD.

The cities Of today are being built, as
the cities of the future will be built, after
a different fashion than those whose ag-
gregations of humanity were first gotten
together In the process of long periods and
afterwards during longer periods crowded
downwards into easements and upwards
into garrets and fire traps. The cities of
the future will be laid out and built and
additions to present cities made with refer
ence TO elbow room, with an eye to health
and In obedience TO a demand for home
comforts. The many cheap and rapid
modes of transportation are revolutionizing
city life, and old and overcrowded cities
are awaiting themselves of the new oppOr-
tunities, and now the centers Of our great
cities are actually emptied at night of
very large per cent Of the men and women
who during the day fill their business thor
oughfares, but who are quick and
safely whirled away to open
suburban breathing places. The
CLUES VI INC luluIt VIII NC COLuDOStu
of homes instead Of tenement houses, and
of pestilent coops and fire traps Each
home will have its yard, adorned with vine
tree and shrub, where recreation and health
for women and Children will be more pos
slble. Wichita is being built on this new
plan, ard In conformity with the new
order which cheap transit has not only
rendered possible. but which it in fact de
mands No home of this city need be
crowded, no yard or garden circumscribed
to the conventional twenty five foot front,
but hundred or more feet front, or an
acre will be the rule. Five or eight min
utes time more or less consumed In going
and coming. will be an Inconvenience
weighing as nothing against the advantage
and comforts of a home independent and
disconnected from all others.
Wichita eagle., 1887-10-02

The late Governor Blackburn, Of Ker-
lucky, is said to have predicted that be
would die September IA at 2.30 p. m, ar d
his prediction was verified almost 70 the
minute This recalls DR.. Blackburn's
diagnosis Of President GarfeId's case: ut
Is impossible the president can recover. ="
sad Governor Blackburn, though he
may linger long time. have had mu, b
experience and have never known a
wounded man who complained that BIS
feat experienced sensation as Il tiger q
claws were sticking IL them. ever 20 get
we'll 4"
Wichita eagle., 1887-10-02

The report of the commissioner of in
teTnal revenue Is one of the strongest evil
dences Of the growth Of the temperance
sentiment throughout the country. His
figures show that In the year ending June
80. 1886, the revenue receipts from whisky
were see 092 262, while for the year end
ing June 80, 1887, they were S65, S23. 321,
. decrease OF 81. 252 GAL The comm s.
sioner attributes this decrease TO the N re
temperate habits of Americans. Ia al
Gii!0n 10 this Is must be borne Ia mind ihst
while the consumption Of liquors hiss be
creased. the population hiss increased
There Is oertsinly food FOX though. IL these
figures
Wichita eagle., 1887-10-02
Do we understand the Topeka Csnitsl

Do we understand the Topeka Capital to
say that It endorses the punishment of
seventeen years in jail and S20,000 fine i'm
posed upon the boy Stewart who as clerk
sold 200 or 800 glasses of beer, say couple
of barrels all told? We say that the in
dividual who favors such punishment for
such crime would, with all the eagerneSs
svinced by the witch burners, hang the
man who should violate the prohibition
law. We don't know but that he would go
farther and favor hanging the man who
dare criticise either the Murray law or its
penalty. Much better Is the love that is
redy TO die than the zeal that is ready to
kill.
Wichita eagle., 1887-10-02

It turns out that tire report Of the Massa-
chusetts Democratic smelling COMMITTEES"
was largely fictiOE. Postmaster Core says
that therea great mapy more Democrats in
his Office than Republicans, and this Is true
as 70 the heads Of departments IS well a.
s1bordinsies. AL the came the Denocra,
ic b1sses vii no; be satisfied while there
remains capable Republican Ii Office.
Wichita eagle., 1887-10-02

The Topeka Journal ipdulges in windy
wall over the wickedness of Wichita
Topeka has no mote IN her eye for the
simple reason she has no eyes, is as blind
rs bat-to her own short comings. To
peks is so good that people don't die there,
they simply commit suicide-all but Joe
Hudson who Is waiting TO be translated
As for the Journal mans distress rothing
will reach his case, although dose of
Father Bakers cramp census statistics
might change the character of his collie.
Wichita eagle., 1887-10-02

The wabash railroad kindly furnished
free transportation for al the inmates Of
the Quincy Soldiers Home xho waited to
attend the 81. Louis G. 4 z rsanion.
Who nd corporations have 10 soulsY
Wichita eagle., 1887-10-02

Ksnsas is ahead In railroad building this
year with LISA miles of new track. Texas
comes next with Cos miles, Nebraska third
with $50. Dakota fourth with 49l, Indian
Territory fifth with 433, Colorado sixth
with 400, sid Montana seventh with 273
miles These seven states and territories
have built an aggregate of 1000 miles, or
nearly two thirds of all that has been built
this year In the entire country.
Wichita eagle., 1887-10-02

Judge Parkinson Is quoted Sc ssyirg
taai The sorghum grown west q the Piiai
hills Is sveeier ard viii make more sugar
than that produced IN e.zter, Kansas-
Wichita eagle., 1887-10-02
GOT E NOUGH.

''That fellow wants the earth, remarked
the clerk, as the tall guest disappeared
after making many demands. "Him2"
said the porter; you couldn't give him the
earth; he owns three town lots in Wichita
ROBERT J. BURDETTE.
Wichita eagle., 1887-10-02
Line
ADDITION.
HENRY SCHWEITER

| have opened an office
first door west of the
New Carey Hotel, where
can be found pIats and
prices on my property
along the Motor Line,
which is now being built
TO the southeast part of
the city.
Dodge City times., 1887-12-29
Our New Chief.

The cloak of Hon. John B. Finch
mas fallen upon worthy shoulders, in
the person of Hon. Samuel A. Dickey,
Professor of Mathematics in Albion
College. of Michigan. His Chairman
ship of the National Prohibition Exec
utive Committee, will reflect very
great honor upon the cause. MIR. Dickey
is thirty-six years old. of fine physique.
IF large caliber. and remarkable exec
utive force. He was Chairman of the
Convention that nominated St John,
At Pittsburgh, of the Michigan State
Prohibition Amendment Committee in
the recent non-partisan Constitutional
Amendment campaign in that State.
While we miss John B. Finch, that val
liant hero, Prof Dickey will sec that
no interest suffers under his sHi:lful
management Mr. Dickey is every inch
a man. We give him our hand in be-
half Of Ohio Prohibitionists, and couple
this welcome, with our assurance of
cooperation, and with the fervent
prayer of hearty '.God-speed," in
this grandest work of the age.-Cjn-
eisnati LsgM.
Dodge City times., 1887-12-29
An Up-and-Up-Man.

A gray-haireI old man and a young
woman. walking hand in hand. passed
Il policeman on Jefferson avenue a day
or two ago, but had not gone thirty
feet before the man halted and re-
traced his steps and said:
mister. we are married"
.Well?"
Here's the certificate"
That's all right
Married in Toledo yesterday, and
there were two witnesses.
Il didn't question it. did I?''
mo. but I'm an up-and-up man.
I'm sixty-two and she's nineteen.
She's my third. We look and act
soft. and don't want any body to
think we've eloped."
''You are all right
Il hope so. Hear any body saying
any thing just tell 'em you've seen
tho certificate. Please remember:
I'm sixty-two-she's nineteen-mar-
ried in Toledo yesterday-two wit
nesses-third wife-both supposed to
have softening of the brain. "-Detroit
Free Press.
Dodge City times., 1887-12-29
Walled Lakes Of Iowa.

Along the water sheds of Northern
Iowa there are great many small
lakes. varying from half a mile TO one
mile in diameter. One of these in
Wright County, and another in Sac
County. have each received the name
of Walled Lake." on account of en-
bankmen:s that completely surround
them. 1t has been generally supposed
that these embankments were thrown
up by the ancient inhabitants of the
country They are from two 10 ten
fee: high, and from FIVE to thirty feet
in width. Some who have examined
these. however. declare them to he
the result of natural causes only. and
ascribc them to the periodic action of
ic,, aided to some extent by the force
of the waves. The lakes are very
shallow, and in winter they often
freeze to the very bottom. The ice
freezes fast to the earth below, and as
in its expansion it acts in all direc-
tons. from center to circumference, a
certain part of alluvial deposit is
forced to the shore, and this going on
from year to year. and from century
to century. has created the natural
embankmcnt.- - Chicago Inter- Ocean
Dodge City times., 1887-12-29
PROHIBITION NOTES.

STATE SENATOR GARRITY. of Chica-
60, was arrested and is under bonds
for shooting a man in his saloon, re-
Gently. What a legislator!
MASSACHUSETTS elected eight of her
late Legislators to stay at home. be-
cause on every occasion they voted
against temperance legislation.
In Philadelphia there has been a
count of noses, and it has been found
out that of the 5000 persons in that
city engaged in the liquor busincs only
800 are native Americans. The saloon
is not an American institution.
Is there such thing as Prohibi-
Republican or Republican-Pro-
hibitionist, Prohibition-Democrat or
rat-Prohibitionist? If there is
we venture to say that the brain is in
the Prohibition half and the stomach
in the other.
The Prohibitionists of Indiana are
moving in the way of local organiza-
ton. 1ndianians mean to narrow down
the questions and make their fight on
the present phrase of the conflict, shall
the people rule. Indiana is to be the
Sattle grounds in the next conflict and
entrenchments are being made.
''DowN with sumptuary laws!" cried
the serpent in the garden OF Eden.
'.Down with sumptuary laws" will
cry the next National Democratic Con-
vention. And will Grady, and COL
quit, and Reagan, and the thousands
of Democratic preachers in the South
say by their ballots next November,
'.Amen? Let rs see.-N l. T0ice.